[35.10] The Implications of X-ray Afterglows

F. Harrison (Caltech)

I will review X-ray observations of gamma-ray burst
afterglows, and discuss the clues they provide in
understanding the progenitor population and modeling the
explosion. I will focus on the X-ray contribution to
broadband afterglow lightcurve modeling as well as the
interpretations of line features observed in the X-ray
spectrum.